Zurich je t'aime

After the excesses at the Pulkova airport I slept all the way trough to Prague, ignored the guy at the check-in in Prague as he blamed me for the over-luggage and then slept through most of my flight to Zurich. I woke up as the duty-free articles were offered and got myself a present, something like a farewell gift. Arriving in Zurich was not that strange as I expected… just as I waited for the train to bring me to the main terminal I saw this telecommunication provider advertising: “Missing the mountains?”, I realised YES and somehow things poped to my mind that I missed. My father warmly welcomed me and it feelt good to hug him tight. At home my mother welcomed me with kisses and hugs and I was excited about the smell of cheese as my first dinner was (as wished): Raclette! Soon later Jens arrived and we enjoyed a delicious Raclette, good wine and at the end of course some vodka. After dinner I went up to my room, opened the window and just looked the field and forest, enjoying the fresh chilly air. I slept like a baby :-)
The next day warm sunshine woke me up and I decided to go to downtown Zurich to get the feeling for my city again… it was an amazing day, the sun and the view of snow on the hills and mountains started the “reintegration process”. I took the “Postauto” (a very Swiss thing) to get to Zurich, there I walked along the Bahnhofstrasse all the way down to the lake… and I felt that “little big city” the slogan of Zurich tourism expresses the soul of the city very well! The feeling was similar as I came back from my stay in Istanbul and went up the Üetliberg to see Zurich: the city is so tiny! But when you experience it and live there it offers so much… Zurich je t’aime… though I got this globetrotter virus and also want to work as international as possible, I think in the long-term I’ll get back to Zurich… still, despite all the emotions some things already bored me: no chaos, not too many smiles on people’s faces, no rush…
The rest of the week was nearly daily business already (what I actually enjoyed): meeting more friends, enjoying my family (chats with my parents & bro, shopping with my mother!), moving some stuff to St. Gallen, meeting my new flatmate Maria and plenty of administrative stuff. It was relaxed and busy at the same time… not too much time to think about the past 5 months but here and there I could feel that soon there will be this moments when I will miss Pieter…